27-year-old inmate who had just arrived at...

INMATE DIES. A

April 5, 1990

PARCHMAN, MISS. — INMATE DIES. A 27-year-old inmate who had just arrived at the Mississippi State Penitentiary collapsed and died while taking part in group calisthenics in a paramilitary-style program, the Corrections Department said. Jones said Ronald Hall, who was sentenced to two years on a child molestation charge in Lowndes County, collapsed Tuesday afternoon and was pronounced dead at the prison hospital. ''This is a strange thing,'' said Corrections Department spokesman Ken Jones. ''He wasn't doing anything different from anyone else. He wasn't asked to run 10 extra miles as a punishment or anything like that.''